Neve Gordon is one of my favorite commentators, and has appeared many times before on this site. He reviews a recently published book by Norman Finkelstein, and the controversy around that book.
“Two important implications can be drawn from Finkelstein’s study, one political and the other academic. Politically, Beyond Chutzpah reveals how Israel has defied the [...]
Gary Kamiya over at Salon, writes a long review of George Packer’s new book, “The Assassins Gate” about the U.S. failure in Iraq.
Packer is a “liberal hawk,” one of those who believe that the U.S. should use military power to break the back of dictators in the name of human rights. He supported the war [...]
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